Whispering Poems

Chapter 1653 Wolf and Factory
"Doctor, you just drive the carriage."

As Dorothy said, she pushed open the lid of the wooden box, took a handful of refined salt, and carefully sprinkled the salt on the huge St. Byrence school emblem symbol on the surface of the black coffin on the trembling carriage.

At the same time, more than a dozen black wolves sprang out from the weird forest that didn't seem like the real world, and followed the carriage.Those were not ordinary beasts, except for their huge size and uneven crystalline spikes on their backs, they actually stepped on the air and ran in the air, and they almost merged with the black shadow.

As long as there is no big movement, in the current state of space dislocation, Tobesk can't see any changes in this carriage.Therefore, Xia De was very relieved to prepare to cast the spell. At the same time, the "match girl" called out by Dorothy, who was spreading salt, had already appeared beside Xia De with a basket.

The little girl with her bare feet and turban bowed to Xia De, then took out a match and put it in front of her mouth. With a light blow, the sea of ​​fire swept away towards the rear of the carriage.It's just that the effect of the flame was not good, because very soon, the first black wolf running in the void broke through the sea of ​​flames and approached the carriage, and was cut in two by Xia De's sword light.

Instead of leaving a body, it disappeared into the shadows.From this point of view, these things that look like wolves should belong to elemental life.

"Moonlight Slash."

Crossing moonbeams flew from the rear of the car into the flames that continued to spread, and Dorothy's work of spreading salt was nearly half done.This time, the power leak of the relic was not very strong, so it was surprisingly smooth to stop it.

"Detective, be careful, a big guy is coming."

A reminder from Priest Augustus came from ahead, so the little girl carrying the basket took the burning match away from her mouth, and together with Shade saw the black wolves who were lucky to escape the attack just now merged together , and then a black wolf bigger than this carriage appeared behind the slow-moving carriage.

The eyes are glowing red, the hair on the body and the spar on the back, because they are also pure black, almost merge with the night, and the boundary cannot be distinguished.

It raised its front paw and slapped it at the extremely fragile looking carriage. Xia De quickly cast a spell, but when the silver ring flying out of the carriage approached its front paw, that front paw turned into a shadow and lost its entity. [Light of Imprisonment] Passed through the shadows, and flew towards the larger body of the black wolf, but was bitten by the wolf in its mouth, smashing it to pieces.

Fine silver light spots sprinkled downwards, and the giant black wolf clawed at the carriage again with its sharp claws.But this time, the little girl carrying the basket disappeared beside Xia De, and appeared on the top of the car when the snowflakes suddenly fell in the air, and she blew out the burning match:
"stop."

The wolf froze in the air, getting farther and farther away from the slow-moving carriage, but it took only five seconds to move again.This is the result of Shad's incomplete mystic combined with Dorothy's thaumaturgy.They discussed the use of this kind of thaumaturgy in the study every Saturday, but it was the first time that they actually used it.Of course, this effect is incomparable to Shade's full version of the fan lock "Wish", but the advantage of the weak effect is that the consumption is not very large.

Taking advantage of the opportunity won by Dorothy, Shade with the sword pointed the [Night Watchman] at the huge black body that was running towards them again:

"Sunrays!"

The huge torrent of warm yellow energy bombarded the shadow body, piercing through the body of the black wolf like a hot iron rod passing through the snow.

Meanwhile, Dorothy had finished spreading the salt.The forest scene disappeared, and the foggy Tobesk street scene reappeared under the night.The slow-moving carriage continued to crush the city's roads, and the very rhythmic sound of the horse's hooves was reassuring.The gas street lamp made the shadow of the carriage obliquely reflected on the low wall on the other side of the street, and the giant wolf had disappeared behind it.

The night is still so peaceful.

Shade took back the long sword and breathed a sigh of relief, and Dorothy also returned to his side, patting the salt in her hand while continuing to look at the ever-distant street scene with him.

"well done."

Doctor Schneider's voice came from the front, which meant that this short-lived leak of relic power was over.

"I don't understand, since table salt works, why not just put the coffin in the salt. I don't think the academy can't afford so much refined salt, right?"

Xia De's voice said, and the doctor smiled and asked him to try:
"Try it and you'll know. Since the academy hasn't banned this, it means it won't cause problems. Grab it, we're going to speed up and turn."

So Xia De asked Dorothy for a bag of salt, grabbed a handful and sprinkled it on the coffin in the wooden box, and the salt melted into water like snow.Xia De went to look at the salt that Dorothy sprinkled along the trace of the school badge just now, and it really "melted" after the abnormal end.

"It's really fun."

Xia De commented, and Miss Writer praised Xia De:

"I haven't seen you in a serious battle for a long time, and the performance just now was really good."

"This sword is more useful."

Xia De said, seeing the salt on his hands, he licked it to get it off.Dorothy showed a puzzled expression, not because she felt disgusted by Xia De's unhygienic behavior, but because she didn't know when he became fond of eating salt.

"It's not salt, it's sugar."

As he spoke, he also grabbed Dorothy's hand and licked it lightly, and explained:

"My thaumaturgy [candy making] can turn food into sugar. Although salt is not suitable for consumption in large quantities, it is obviously food."

Miss Writer blushed and nodded, and put her hands behind her back, for fear that Xia De would make more excessive moves.

From the Tobesk Railway Station in the north of the city to the warehouse rented by the doctor in the west of the city, the estimated transfer time is between 10 minutes and half an hour.This is without any accidents. This accident not only includes the loss of control of the relic and the attack, but also the trouble caused by ordinary people.

When the carriage entered Avenue Saint Laurent at the junction of Beicheng District and Xicheng District, the patrolling police stopped the running carriage and asked what was being transported in the carriage.

Although the core city of Tobesk does not prohibit the entry of wagons, it is indeed unusual for goods to be delivered at such a late hour.

So Dr. Schneider took out a fake document that he bought from Old John in advance:
"Delivering woven sacks for Mr. Romain Schuls's flour mill. He's in a hurry. Let's send them over as soon as possible."

After checking the documents, the police officer asked to open the compartment to check.The doctor didn't stop them, and when they came to the back, they saw Xia De and Dorothy standing in front of the coffin, but what they saw was a mountain of woven bags filling the entire carriage.

"Okay, let's go. Don't leave after delivering the things. There was some trouble after seven o'clock, and martial law may be imposed tonight."

The police officer warned and threw the certificate to Dr. Schneider.The doctor raised his eyebrows, and when he saw Priest Augustus nodded to him, he made a spell-casting gesture with his hands, and then asked softly:

"What happened in the city? After seven o'clock, I heard gunshots."

"A baron in the Carson Rik delegation went to the north of the city to recruit, and was shot."

"Such a trivial matter won't lead to martial law, right? It's a scandal. Some people will read the newspapers in the next few days."

The doctor said with a smile, and the police officer with the oil lamp said:

"I heard it was for other reasons. On the surface, it was to recruit prostitutes, but in fact it was to exchange information with others. Who knows? Anyway, it has nothing to do with you, so let's go."

So the carriage pulling the coffin continued on the road, and Xia De in the carriage looked at Dorothy. Dorothy nodded knowingly, and communicated with the newly acquired ability to talk to Leiziya at any time:
"The one who met the Baron Carsonrick was a nobleman of high status in Tobesk. I don't know who it is for the time being. After the baron shot himself, the nobleman was alarmed by the gunshot and fled. The king originally Already ready to rest, I urgently summoned Director An Luosi an hour ago, and asked him to find out who the baron was meeting with. 'She' said that MI[-] knew nothing about this matter, and the king was very annoyed."

"The escaped nobleman is a spy placed by Gray Gloves at the top of the kingdom?"

"I don't know. Judging from the pocket watches, letters, and canes left at the scene, they are not even ordinary nobles. This is not an ordinary espionage case, and it may not even be related to Gray Gloves. Besides Carson Rick and Delarion, there are other Power is involved."

Dorothy shook her head:

"She said it has nothing to do with us, let's do our group work tonight."

The carriage continued to drive, and after entering the western city of Tobesk, it was obvious that the city had become noisy.Of course, this is not because people living in Xicheng prefer nightlife, but because the steam factories in Xicheng are working overtime even at night.

Workers need shifts to rest, but machines do not need shifts to rest.Of course, under certain circumstances, people must not be able to take shifts and rest.Now, the average working hours of workers in the Tobesk area is close to [-] hours a day, even though in recent years with the development of trade unions and the improvement of relevant labor laws, this situation has been improving.But obviously, after eight o'clock in the evening, it is absolutely impossible for the factory to rest.

Because of the factory's transportation of goods and other needs, the installation rate of gas street lamps in Xicheng District is much higher than that of the slums in Beicheng District.Dr. Schneider's planned route in advance is to avoid those crowded blocks, so that if trouble occurs, more people will not be involved.

This also means that they have to frequently walk through dark neighborhoods without street lights, which makes the four people who are facing the double danger of leakage of relic power and unknown assailants feel more pressure.

"Doctor, I don't understand, how did those trackers from the New World determine the location of the relic?"

On the driver's seat, Priest Augustus was still talking to Dr. Schneider, and the doctor said:

"The short time that the power of this relic breaks through the containment measures, the unique power can be remotely located. The ring warlocks who first came into contact with this relic and tried to compete with the academy for this relic know how to strengthen this positioning method. So Theoretically speaking, when we suddenly saw the forest just now, we should have been targeted."

"That's really bad."

Priest Augustus said that Shad in the carriage could even imagine the flat expression on his face when he spoke.

At this time, the carriage was driving in a narrow alley that only allowed one carriage to pass in one direction. On both sides of the alley were three-story apartment buildings with dense windows. It was hard for Xia De to imagine that there was no lighting at all on the ground floor.

As long as the carriage enters the connected street at the other end of the alley, it will take less than 3 minutes to reach the warehouse prepared by Dr. Schneider.During the preparation of the team's mission, although he didn't come to Xia De for help, the rest of the team helped arrange defenses, investigations and other ceremonies in the warehouse.

Entering the warehouse, the danger of this night was reduced by at least half.

But just when the carriage came to the alley and was about to turn east, Xia De in the carriage suddenly looked at the side wall of the carriage.The black vine-like pattern, which is difficult to detect in the darkness, is spreading on the wooden carriage, and rapidly extending towards the bottom of the carriage.

Although he didn't know what it was, he still raised his sword and stabbed at the pattern.Then, in a flash, the scene inside the carriage turned into an open roof.From the corner of the eye, one could even see that the carriage driven by the doctor was continuing to move forward in the night fog under the building.

[Forced space transfer. 】

"She" reminded softly, Xia De was surprised that this unknown thaumaturgy was so powerful, and then found that the long sword he was holding actually penetrated the right chest of the man in front of him.

The unknown ring warlock has blond hair and looks about 25 or [-] years old.He screamed in pain, but couldn't break free from the sword.

"I stabbed at those patterns just now, so that's how it is. Attacking the pattern will cause a forced space transfer, but the caster will also bear the attack on the pattern. If you ignore the pattern, the space transfer effect will probably point to the carriage itself, and the relic will not be affected. This Is it great or not?"

While thinking in his heart, he rotated the hilt of the sword, and the injury caused by the long sword rotating between the flesh and blood made the unknown ring warlock scream again.Behind him, the life ring of the six-ring warlock clearly appeared.He didn't try to defend or heal, but endured the severe pain and slapped his left hand to Xia De's chest.

Xia De didn't even have the idea of ​​dodging. He squeezed out the magic seal with his empty left hand, because the condition for holding a sword in his right hand was met, and the shield with golden streamer blocked the whispers of the six-ring warlock during the process of opening. The slap-like thaumaturgy used by the poison] spirit rune.

At the same time, the proper explosion of [Heathon's Sign] also wounded the man's left hand at close range.The poison spread to his own hands, and when he endured the pain in his chest and left hand and tried to fight back a second time, he had no chance.

(End of this chapter)